Table 3 Distribution of average healthcare expenditure in US$ by sex
From: The impact of age and sex on healthcare expenditure of households in Bangladesh
Particulates | Male | Female | Mean diff (95% CI of mean diff) |
|---|---|---|---|
Physician fee | 0.77 | 0.8 | -0.03 (-0.67 to 0.75) |
Hospital cost | 0.79 | 0.8 | -0.01 (-0.72 to 0.54) |
Medicine cost | 7.51 | 6.45 | 1.06** (0.43 to 1.89) |
Diagnostic test | 1.16 | 1.39 | -0.23 (-0.89 to 0.43) |
Conveyance cost | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.09 (-0.10 to 0.28) |
Tips cost | 0.06 | 0.29 | -0.23 (-1.47 to 1.01) |
Other costs | 0.5 | 0.39 | 0.11 (-0.17 to 0.39) |
Maternity clinic cost | --- | 0.23 | --- |
Maternity midwife cost | --- | 0.03 | --- |
Maternity others | --- | 0.21 | --- |
Total | 11.51 | 11.2 | 0.30 (-0.06 to 0.66) |